Peter Molyneux

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Peter Molyneux OBE (born 1960 in Guildford, Surrey, UK) is a computer game designer and game programmer, responsible for well known "God games" Populous and Black & White, among others, as well as "Business Strategy" games such as Theme Park, Theme Hospital and most recently, The Movies. He co-founded Bullfrog Productions in 1987 and Lionhead Studios in 1997. Molyneux was inducted into the AIAS Hall of Fame in 2004 and was made an OBE in the New Year's Honours list announced on 31 December, 2004.

Lauded as one of the world's most brilliant and inventive game developers, Molyneux has nevertheless acquired a reputation for issuing over-enthusiastic descriptions of games under development, which are found to be somewhat less ambitious when released.

Contents 1 Games 1.1 Bullfrog Productions 1.2 Lionhead Studios 1.3 In development 1.4 Cancelled 2 External links

Games

Bullfrog Productions

• Fusion (1987)
• Populous (1989)
• Populous: The Promised Lands (1989)
• Powermonger (1990)
• Populous II: Trials of the Olympian Gods (1993)
• Syndicate (1993)
• Theme Park (1994)
• Magic Carpet (1994)
• Hi-Octane (1995)
• Syndicate Wars (1996)
• Theme Hospital (1997)
• Dungeon Keeper (1997)
• Dungeon Keeper: The Deeper Dungeons (1997)
• Dungeon Keeper Gold (1998) (Dungeon Keeper + Deeper Dungeons)
• Dungeon Keeper 2

Lionhead Studios

• Black & White (2001)
• Fable (2004)
• Fable: The Lost Chapters (2005)
• Black & White 2 (2005)

In development

• The Movies
• Dimitri
• The Room (prototype)

Cancelled

• B.C.
• Unity
• Dungeon keeper 3 (computer game)

External links

• MobyGames' rap sheet on Molyneux
• The Worlds of Peter Molyneux from Wired.com
• Peter Molyneux's Fable - Interview with game designer Peter Molyneux about his Xbox game Fable from Geartest.com
• BBC News UK - Call of honour for UK games maker